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31 Things We Appreciate About WPS: Jordan Angeli
by All White Kit
posted August 2, 2010 at 2:48pm

August is WPS Appreciation Month. Why? Because August is hot, lazy and you’re best to stay indoors. Why else? Because it’s never a bad time to appreciate Women’s Professional Soccer. So to commemorate, here’s a daily, alphabetical list of things ...more

Accidents of Fate: Rättskiparen (The Referee)
by From A Left Wing
posted August 2, 2010 at 2:09pm

Rättskiparen (The Referee) is short documentary about Martin Hansson, the referee who missed Thierry Henry's handball. A Swedish television program had already committed to this project before the infamous incident which kept Ireland from going to South ...more

Boston Breakers Aztec Reserves defeat Ajax America to win WPSL Championship
by All White Kit
posted August 2, 2010 at 1:13pm

It’s not just the WPS Boston Breakers that have experienced success recently. The team’s reserves have had an outstanding stint in the 2010 WPSL regular season, losing and drawing just one game while winning the rest. Now the team can cap it off...more

Buffalo Flash Take 2010 W-League Championship
by All White Kit
posted August 1, 2010 at 12:30pm

Kelly Parker and Veronica Boquete deserve very high kudos as they guided the Buffalo Flash to the 2010 W-League Championship tonight in Santa Clarita, California. The Flash defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1. It took 57 minutes before the first goal was...more

Help little girls dream big
by MarieS
posted August 1, 2010 at 12:14pm

Someone recently introduced me to Go! Go! Sports Girls - dolls that are symbols for what young girls should be doing - living at their own age (versus a 22 year old Barbie) with normal kids clothing on (not a sexy 2-piece) and getting out there and gettin...more

Boston Breakers for 2010 WPS Team of the Season, Jordan Angeli for MVP
by All White Kit
posted August 1, 2010 at 12:11pm

…that would be something, wouldn’t it. Imagine if the Boston Breakers can keep up the momentum and see themselves through to the WPS Championship. It’s happened before. It could happen again. The Breakers defeated the Washington Freedom 3-1 ton...more

W-League, WPSL, UEFA WWC Qualifying, WPS Updates
by All White Kit
posted July 31, 2010 at 7:20pm

W-League The Buffalo Flash defeated the Atlanta Silverbacks 3-1 to advance to the W-League Championship. W-League regular season goal leader Kelly Parker and USL assist leader Veronica Bouquete had big games. Jenny Hammond opened scoring in the 23′. At...more

Germany and Nigeria set for 2010 U-20 Women’s World Cup Final
by All White Kit
posted July 30, 2010 at 1:43pm

No vids, sorry. I’ll reserve commment on these semifinal matches until I’m able to watch them but the score line tells you everything, doesn’t it. Here’s what you need to know about Germany: They’re brilliant. Might as well get the engrav...more

Another note on the Leroux/Morgan thing
by All White Kit
posted July 29, 2010 at 11:14pm

Sorry to bang on about this topic but from here it’s gonna work like this: more sad bits about WPS = more happy bits about Leroux & Morgan saving revitalizing women’s soccer. Anyways, remember back in 2008 when Alex Morgan scored that beautif...more

Dolce & Gabbana play ball with Chelsea Football Club
by A Glam Slam
posted July 29, 2010 at 6:52pm

A prestigious Italian design team meets a prestigious English football team as Dolce & Gabbana and the Chelsea Football Club have joined forces for a fashion and sports collaboration. The players of Chelsea will start Britain's Premiere League season...more

Explosion in goals, indeed
by All White Kit
posted July 29, 2010 at 3:18pm

Things learned from WPS midweek matches: WPS is becoming more predictable – but not in a bad way. Pick the streaky teams and expect there to be goals. Tons and tons of goals. Atlanta is going to clip Chicago for sixth place momentarily. ...more

WPS restructuring means loss of jobs, move towards decentralization
by All White Kit
posted July 29, 2010 at 1:01pm

Women’s Professional Soccer issued a public release on Monday evening stating, “League staff has been restructured…while league marketing resources have been shifted to the team level in order to focus locally on attendance a...more

Soccer Surprises
by Women's Sports Blog
posted July 28, 2010 at 7:10pm

The past week has seen its share of the unexpected take place on the world's soccer fields. Like many other commentators, I thought the Boston Breakers' year was over alongside, perhaps, Tony DiCicco's career as a club coach. I certainly didn't antici...more

The Topsy Turvy World of WPS
by All White Kit
posted July 26, 2010 at 5:25pm

I confess: I know nothing about WPS. Case in point: remember when I posted this, suggesting that the 2010 WPS playoffs had already been decided? At that point in early June FC Gold Pride were still plotting their theft of the regular season title. Amy ...more

W-League semifinals set with Buffalo/Atlanta and Vancouver/Hudson Valley
by All White Kit
posted July 26, 2010 at 1:50pm

Central Conference Semifinals Buffalo Flash 3, Toronto Lady Lynx The Flash came out on top at Vero Boquette scored the opening two goals. W-League regular season goal leader Kelly Parker then scored the final goal in the 69′. Chicago Red Eleven...more

Who Is Sydney Leroux?
by All White Kit
posted July 26, 2010 at 12:58pm

Well, who exactly is this young, athletically-gifted, eye-catching forward? Is she the future of the United States Women’s National Team? The next Mia Hamm, perhaps? Is she the future of women’s soccer as a whole? Or is she merely style ov...more

WPSL Playoffs Update
by All White Kit
posted July 25, 2010 at 8:52pm

Three teams will earn berths in the WPSL Final Four this weekend. The East Conference Final, Pacific Conference Final and Midwest/Sunshine Playoff will all be determined. The Big Sky Conference champion will be determined Thursday of this coming week. ...more

Are narrow-minded tactics doing a disservice to the USWNT?
by All White Kit
posted July 25, 2010 at 6:53pm

To elaborate on a point below, today’s loss to Nigeria gave the U.S. its earliest exit ever in a U-19/U-20 Women’s World Cup. Perhaps that’s an indictment on the relative lack of talent in the U-20 talent pool. Or maybe the U.S.’ mediocrity is a...more

Nigeria vanquish USWNT in penalties to reach semifinals in U-20 WWC
by All White Kit
posted July 25, 2010 at 5:24pm

The USWNT’s collective reaction after Sydney Leroux lofted her penalty kick up and over the crossbar was telling. It was a scene of utter heartbreak and dismay. It’s always tough to deal with a loss accrued in a penalty shootout. That cruel and capric...more

Tidbits from around sports and the web
by Women's Sports Blog
posted July 25, 2010 at 3:11pm

There's nothing like enforced quiescence to make one want to blog. Tidbits from around sports and the web: *Goal scoring extravaganza! The Freedom's second-half woes continued with some incredibly bad luck to boot (Whitehill had to take over in goal)...more

FCGP & Philly Win, Washington & SBFC Lose: Same Story, Different Plot Twists
by All White Kit
posted July 25, 2010 at 3:08pm

Although the WPS table may not necessarily reflect it, tonight’s matches were full of drama, triumph and (perhaps) tragedy. Ten total goals were scored in two matches that shared a 4-1 score line. Make no mistake, Sky Blue FC and the Washington Fre...more

Forecasting the USWNT 2011 Women’s World Cup Squad
by All White Kit
posted July 23, 2010 at 11:46am

Fast forward to July 23, 2011. The United States Women’s National Team has made its way back to the States, World Cup in tow. It’s been six days since the team’s captain (any guesses of who that’ll be?) hoisted the trophy in Frankfurt. It’s the...more

Notables for the day Kirstine Lilly turns er, one year older
by All White Kit
posted July 22, 2010 at 10:00pm

American Soccer Minute’s Scott Reynolds offers an update on WPS Week 15 action. In celebration of The Lilly Legend, her hometown newspaper published this article about her career past, present and future. It’s been announced that T...more

U-20 USWNT finishes top of Group D after 1-0 victory over South Korea
by All White Kit
posted July 22, 2010 at 6:09pm

Sydney Leroux punched the United States’ ticket to the quarterfinals as she scored the lone goal in the final match of Group D. The 1-0 victory over a somewhat disappointing South Korean side featured what was probably the United States’ best team ...more

Opportunities seized, opportunities missed In WPS Week 15 midweek matches
by All White Kit
posted July 22, 2010 at 4:29pm

FC Gold Pride 2, Boston Breakers 1 Marta and Christine Sinclair continue to prove why they are simply the most lethal strike partnership in WPS — and perhaps the world of women’s football *cue megamaniacal laugh*. The pair have now combined for 19 go...more

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